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Robert Prongay

Case from North Bergen, NJ dated Aug 09, 1984

Victim Details

Robert Prongay

Male

White / Caucasian

North Bergen

NJ

1984-08-09

38

Robert

Prongay

06/23/2026

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In the summer of 1984, the quiet streets of North Bergen, New Jersey, became the backdrop for a chilling discovery. Robert Prongay, a 38-year-old white male, was found dead on August 10th in the very ice cream truck that had made him a familiar, friendly face to neighborhood children. The cause of death was not a sweet treat but the cold finality of two gunshots to the chest. The man known as 'Mister Softee' had met a violent and mysterious end, leaving behind a tangled web of criminal allegatio ...
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